Transcript Slide 1

Marisa Bernal
Neysa Alicea
Angélica Báez
Beatriz Ramos
if you loose any of your limbs?
Outline
 Design
 Purpose
 Applications
 Engineering Considerations
 Uniqueness
 Challenges
 Areas of Opportunities
 New Techniques
Prosthetic Leg
LINER
SOCKET
KNEE
FEET
Socket
Purpose
 Improve the design of the prosthesis socket, making it
more comfortable for the user, and thus improving the
quality of life of people with disabilities.
Applications
 For medical purposes, related to athletes with
disabilities.
Engineering Considerations
 Use impact analysis in our calculations
 Use the safest approximations for our design
 Proper material selection
Material Characteristics
 Lightweight  low density
 Stiff  high Elastic Modulus
 Minimize
 Maximize
Material Characteristics
Material Characteristics
 Material Possibilities
 Wood
 Technical Ceramics
 Composites
 Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics (CFRP)
 Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP)
 Density: 1.8 g/cc
 Modulus of Elasticity: 225 GPa
 Sut: 3800 Mpa
Uniqueness
 A prosthesis has to be designed to fit the needs of a
specific person.
 It is customized for each user
Challenge
 Consider that the product is a medical device
 Convert our project to shapes that we can analyze with
the concept learned in class
Material Selection
Static Loads Analysis
Static Load Analysis
 For this analysis we used the following equations and
obtained the shown values.

My
KN
 115 .8 2
I
m
3V
KN

 4.62 2
2A
m
 qx3 C1 x 2
 1 
 ( x)  

 C 2 x  C3   
2
 6
  EI 
 (x ) 
2.68 x 10-6m= 2.6 x 10-3mm
Dynamic Load Analysis
Dynamic Load Analysis
 Impact Load
 Maximum Elongation
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M=mass
v=velocity at impact
L=length
E=Elastic Modulus
A=area
Dynamic Load Analysis
 Impact Load
 Maximum stress
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E = Elastic Modulus
δmax = maximum elongation
L = length
Dynamic Load Analysis
 We calculated the values of:
= Pmean
  amplitude = 128.69MPa =  mean
 Pamplitude =3195.38KN
 Using stress concentrator factor Kf = 1.5
 amplitude,SC = 192.95MPa
 mean,SC = 192.95MPa
 We calculated the fatigue strength:
'
S
 f = 0.4 SUT
'
 S f =1520MPa
Dynamic Load Analysis
 Stress concentration factors:
K size  0.792
K load  0.85
K surface  0.7841
K termperature  1
K reliability  0.620
S f  (0.792)(0.85)(0.7841)(1)(0.620)
S f  497.5MPa
Dynamic Load Analysis
 Using Modified Goodman theory to calculate the
safety factor:
n
1
 vm,a  vm,m

S
S
f
UT

1
192.95MPa 192.95MPa

497.5MPa
3800MPa
 2.28
Component life
 Aproximated it to the behavior of aluminum
Sm
Sm
Sf
1.3 x 107
5 x 108
 a=19922.54, b= -0.2815
 N = 1.3 x 107 cycles
Areas of Opportunity
 Assumed values were used since data for our material
was not available
 Design uniqueness.
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A different analysis is needed for each person
New Knowledge
 Reinforce teamwork skills
 Loads distribution in prosthetic devices
 Impact loads
Any Questions???